FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 27, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed HOU by 15 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final
MIN95
CLE109
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +19; Q4 CLE +14
Final
LAL118
IND96
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +22
Final
MIA103
TOR111
Q1 TOR -11; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +8
Final
MEM99
DET93
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
LAC87
NJN103
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +16
Final
PHI88
MIL91
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +3
Final
CHI96
OKC86
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +10
Final
DEN97
HOU92
Q1 DEN -15; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +5
Final
ATL90
SAS105
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +22; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +15
Final
UTA106
POR95
Q1 UTA +21; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +11
Final
NOH123
GSW110
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +21; Q4 NOH +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Jan 27, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (CLE vs SAC), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ HOU

Denver storms back from 15 down to beat Houston

The Nuggets trailed by 15 after one and won 97–92. JR Smith led Denver with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-1-2+5DEN AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN1634222597
HOU3120231892
Who led
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 12, 17, 11, 14, 3, 3, 12, 22DEN22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 18, 24, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 34, 20, 11, 43, 14, 13, 23, 20, 15, 22HOU22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 18, 12, 17, 27, 13, 20, 12, 20HOU20 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg9.4Last 3

9.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIA @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 11 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 11 after one, Toronto outscored the Heat 88–69 the rest of the way. Final: 111–103. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs MIA
Andrea Bargnani · TORDwyane Wade · MIAPTS2735REB31AST110Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 38

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 24, 22, 18, 21, 23, 26, 24, 38NOH @ GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 13, 35, 37, 24, 32, 16, 32, 27, 32, 35MIA @ TOR · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 36, 24, 19, 23, 17, 19, 20, 31ATL @ SAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27, 26, 29LAL @ IND · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 35, 30, 36, 29, 31, 30, 34, 28OKC vs CHI · L
29.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 22, 20, 8, 7, 19, 21, 12, 27LAL @ IND · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Randy FoyeWAS+6.7 16.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 26.7 last 10 · 20.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.0 20.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+5.4 24.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Martell WebsterPOR+4.9 16.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−6.8 9.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.6 6.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL−6.4 21.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Chris DuhonNYK−4.8 3.4 last 10 · 8.2 season